Shokugeki no Souma
41

The Man that was Called an "Asura"

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Shokugeki-no SOMA 41//Jou seriously is the coolest character I’ve seen in a while

p1Souma: The announcement of the election's participants is done...Souma: And it's finally summer vacations, huh.Ikumi: Well...We can't exactly rest calmly though.Souma: Hm? Why?Takumi: Because for the participants...This month is a period of training.Takumi: Trying new dishes, pitching camp,Takumi: Everyone polishes their skills towards the real thing.Takumi: Next September...A big stage waits for us!Cutlery: With the "Election" as their goal, it's time to move!!Takumi: Let's meet on the Autumn Election!Text: There's more than 1,500,000 copies of the volumes in print!!"Shokugeki-no SOMA"

p2Satoshi: Welcome back, everyone!Satoshi: Fumio-san says... That today we'll have an anticipated party!Satoshi: Now, go to the dining hall!Yuuki's sd: YahooooooSouma: Isshiki-senpai! Umm...Souma: What kind of person...Is Eizan-senpai from the Elite Ten?Satoshi: ...Eizan-kun?Satoshi: He's a Yankee. //delinquent, use whatever you wantSouma: A Yankee?Satoshi: He's had a famous armed group since his days in the middle school section.Satoshi: He forces those who lose to him to obey, and so he kept increasing in followers.Satoshi: By the time he entered high school, he already had one of the most influential groups in the whole academy.Souma(thinks): Wow...This certainly is like a Yankee manga...Satoshi: However, his abilities are sound and solid...He's the exact definition of an intellectual-type yakuza, //gangster if you wantSatoshi: And he is merciless to those who go against him...

p3Satoshi: ...But, why are you asking about him?Souma: No real reason! It's nothing important.Souma: Whoa, the banner...Is huge!Satoshi: Fumio-san...Is in the kitchen?Jou: Oh, Souma! You're back? Help out a bit.Souma: Yeah, ok.Jou: Prepare this for me,Jou: I've already taken the dashi. //soup stockSouma: Ok!

p4Souma: Wait, I just started helping just like in Yukihira, but...!!Souma: What are you doing here!!?Fumio: What? You know him?Megumi: W...Who is he?Fumio: Tootsuki Academy and the Polar Star Dorm's old boy.Souma: Tootsuki's old boy!!?Fumio: Is this because of the generation gap...? To think you don't know the 2nd seat of the Elite Ten, Saiba Jouichirou. //so close, this is the real readingYuuki: The (Ex) 2nd seat of the Elite Ten!!?Souma: Sa...Saiba?Jou: Ah, the rice should be done soon, Souma.Souma: Shuddup!Souma: Just explain this, pops!! //I'm changing the way Souma calls him as this sounds more familiar...All: They're father and child!!!!?

p5Shokugeki-no SOMABig Text: The stars that once congregated under the moon---!! //a play of words of Tootsuki (distant moon) and the polar star(cutlery) 41 The Man that was Called an "Asura"Story: Tsukuda YuutoArt: Saeki ShunCollaborator: Morisaki Yuki

p6Souma: Pops is one of Tootsuki's old boys, he was in the Polar Star dorm,Souma: And he was in the Elite Ten too...Souma: I'll really need...Some more energy to take all of this in at once...Yuuki: Oh...Yukihira is unrest for once...Ryouko: Should I say...As expected from Yukihira-kun's father?Satoshi: "Jouichirou Saiba"... //for some reason he says it like it's a foreign nameJou: Hmm...You know me?Satoshi: Yes...I once saw your name in past documents.Satoshi: The "Wandering Chef" that used his skills on many different famous restaurants around the world!Satoshi: He was so important that his name wasn't absent in any cooking magazine from the time.Satoshi: However, he suddenly disappeared from the business' frontlines.Satoshi: For those who know him, he's a legend...

p7Satoshi: I'm Isshiki Satoshi, I'm the current 7th seat of the Elite Ten.Satoshi: It's an honor meeting you, chef Saiba.Jou: Yeah...I currently go by the last name of Yukihira,Jou: So, just call me Jouichirou.Ryouko(thinks): He isn't perturbed at all by Isshiki-senpai's appearance.Yuuki(thinks): As expected from the 2nd seat of the Elite Ten...Yuuki: Yukihira! You didn't know anything about this!?Souma: Well...I just recently found out that he was working overseas.Souma: Ah, but, come to think of it, when I was little...Souma: We sometimes received calls from people talking in foreign languagesSouma: And there was a time a lot of pictures of him with foreign people came out...Yuuki(thinks): Get a hint!!Jou: Now! The food will come one after another,Jou: Let's have a toast!

p8Yuuki(thinks): Dishes made by an ex-elite ten...Megumi(thinks): To think Souma-kun's father was such an amazing person.Megumi(thinks): I...I'm getting nervous...Jou: Here---Jou: Have some.Yuuki(thinks): Aaaaaaah, I can see them!!Yuuki(thinks): Sights of countries I've never been too just come to my mind!!

p9Voice: It's delicious!Voice: Amazing! It's extremely good!!Megumi: What is this paste...That's smeared on the lamb meat?Jou: That's "Harissa"...It's an all-purpose seasoning made from chili peppers and other things native to North Africa. //Tunisia to be more precise, but the Japanese says North AfricaJou: With Middle Eastern traditional cooking as a base...This time I tried adding parsley and garam masala. //http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garam_masalaGuy: Jo...Jouichirou-san! Wh-What is this...?Jou: That's a Liguria style seafood soup in which... //Liguria is a region in North ItalyMegumi: He just...Gives this "Man!" feeling...Ryouko: Yes...He has a mature sex appeal.Ryouko: Aren't the boys charmed too...?Yuuki(thinks): Will Yukihira become like this in the future...?Souma: ...Ah? What is it...?Thought: They were somewhat reservedThought: But, as soon as they ate it, their hearts opened...Thought: It was as if the personality of the man who made this foodThought: Overflowed into them...!

p10Guy: Wow! Everything is ultra-good!Zenji: How's this dish?Zenji: Horribleeeeee!!Jou: Oh! That! I tried making a snake dish I ate last month!Jou: This is really bad! I sliced it while it still had the scales--- Souma: Uhah, pops, this is seriously bad!!Jou: Right? It's so bad it can enter the historical best ten.Box: Quarantine Space for the Yukihira father and sonYuuki: That's right...He's Yukihira's father to the end.Shun?: If it's bad wouldn't it be the worst ten?Fumio: ...Fumio: Well...Leaving the strange combinations of food aside---Fumio: Jouichirou.Fumio: Fufu...The man that was once called an "Asura"...Souma: ?

p11Fumio: You now make...Fumio: Food with kindness, huh.Jou: ...Yeah.Fumio: Let Gin eat some sometime.Jou: ...Sure enough.Souma: Gin? "Gin"? It can't be...Yuuki: Ugyaaah! They look so young!Megumi: Chef Doujima was from the Polar Star dorm...!Fumio: That picture is from when they were in second year of high school.

p12Fumio: Doujima Gin,Fumio: Saiba Jouichirou.Fumio: These two were the central pillars that brought upon the Polar Star's Golden Era.Fumio: They took over land with Shokugeki and increased the lot size...Fumio: You see, we had to cover the kitchen equipment costs by ourselves.Asterisk: ImageFumio: Eventually, the polar star dorm became financially independent...Jou: By then it was like an independent nation.Souma(thinks): Was that why no one in the office knew about the place!?Asterisk: From chapter 6Fumio: Anyway...Even though Gin never misses to send New Year's Cards and Bon gifts,Fumio: Jouichirou! How about you send at least a letter!?Jou: That's why I come every once in a while here, don't I?Fumio: Give me a break! You just come suddenly and then go away whenever you want...Text: Stray Cat Faithful Dog

p13Satoshi: The exact definition of a legendary alumnus...Right!?Jou: Well...I never graduated though.Yuuki: Eh? Is that so?Souma: ...Jou: Haaaa...That was so much fun...Jou: It's about time to finish, huh.Souma: Pops, will you sleep in my room?Jou: Hmm...Hm?Jou: Haha...! Souma! You're in room 303?Souma: Eh? Yeah, I am.Jou: Around the center of the room...There's remains of a burn caused by a falling pot, right?

p15Souma(thinks): In this roomSouma(thinks): Pops---Souma(thinks): I might know almost nothingSouma(thinks): About that chefSouma(thinks): ---...

p16Jou: ---Souma.Jou: Souma.Souma: Uh....?Jou: Are you awake? I'm in the kitchen right now,Jou: Take your knife and come downstairs.Souma: Yeah...Ok...Souma: 5:30...Souma: We're preparing breakfast?Souma: Up we go...Souma's sd: Yawn...

p17Souma(thinks): Come to think of it...Souma(thinks): In the end, why is pops back from overseas?Souma: Maybe he had some work to do in Japan?Jou: Oh, you're here.Jou: Is your knife sharpened?Souma: Of course,Souma: I did it last night so that the grindstone smell fell off...Jou: That's perfect, then, I'm sorry for being so sudden, but---Jou: Show me how muchJou: You have grown.

p18Text: Asura

p19Jou: It's been a long time since we last did it,Cutlery: A challenge from the man that was called an "Asura"---!!Jou: Let's have a cooking contest,Jou: Souma...Shokugeki-no SOMA(cutlery) 41/EndThe outbreak of a confrontation between new and old Polar Star members! How will the battle go...!?